2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship

The 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 4th U-16 FIBA Africa championship, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. The tournament was held from July 30 to August 8 at the Palais des sports à l’ACI 2000 in Bamako, Mali, contested by 11 national teams and won by Egypt.[1]

2015 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship 
4th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMali
DatesJuly 30–August 8
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPEgypt Ahmed Khalaf
Top scorerEthiopia Tafere 18.5
Top reboundsEgypt Khalaf 12.2
Top assistsEgypt Youssef 3.3
Official website
2015 FIBA Africa Championship U-16
2013
2017

Squads edit

[2]

Format edit

  • The 11 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Draw edit

Group A Group B

  Algeria
  Egypt
  Equatorial Guinea
  Mali
  Nigeria
  Rwanda

  Angola
  Ethiopia
  Morocco
  South Africa
  Tunisia

Preliminary round edit

Times given below are in UTC.

Group A edit

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Mali 5 5 0 402 245 +157 6
  Egypt 5 4 1 522 263 +259 6
  Algeria 5 3 2 317 316 +1 5
  Nigeria 5 2 3 300 367 -67 4
  Rwanda 5 1 4 271 360 -89 4
  Equatorial Guinea 5 0 5 224 483 -259 3
30 July 2015
14:00
Algeria   57–52   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 16-14, 17-16, 14-14, 10-8
Pts: Braik 15
Rebs: Oulahcene, Houari 6
Asts: Oulahcene 4
Pts: Ibrahim 16
Rebs: Ibrahim 13
Asts: Ajadi, Banire 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG)

19:00
Mali   75–40   Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 12-8, 24-11, 19-13
Pts: Sissoko 15
Rebs: Sissoko 11
Asts: Coulibaly, Haidara 5
Pts: Sano 12
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Sano, Kazeneza 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV)
2 August 2015
16:00
[ Report]
Egypt   145–48   Equatorial Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 27-17, 37-2, 42-12, 39-17
Pts: Khalaf 25
Rebs: Khalaf 18
Asts: Karkoura 7
Pts: Mansogo 16
Rebs: Esono 5
Asts: three players 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Abdoul Kader (NGR), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV)

31 July 2015
16:00
Egypt   95–36   Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 10-17, 27-6, 30-8, 28-5
Pts: Abdrabou 18
Rebs: Abdrabou 10
Asts: Eesa 3
Pts: Sano 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: four players 1

18:00
Mali   73–47   Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 17-14, 17-17, 15-4, 24-12
Pts: Coulibaly 16
Rebs: Sissoko 17
Asts: Maiga 4
Pts: Sahbi 16
Rebs: Oulahcene 6
Asts: Sahbi 3

20:00
Equatorial Guinea   47–76   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 15-22, 12-4, 11-22, 9-28
Pts: Ntutumu 13
Rebs: Esono, Asumu 7
Asts: three players 1
Pts: Ibrahim 19
Rebs: Ibrahim 16
Asts: Ibrahim, Oriakhi 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Alioune Fall (SEN)

1 August 2015
12:00
Algeria   56–100   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 13-24, 8-22, 14-18, 21-36
Pts: Ramoul, Sahbi 12
Rebs: Taleb 6
Asts: Cheblaoui 2
Pts: Ramadan 15
Rebs: Mostafa 18
Asts: Mostafa 5
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Alioune Fall (SEN)

:1400
Rwanda   83–52   Equatorial Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 21-14, 13-10, 28-11, 21-17
Pts: Kazeneza 25
Rebs: Kenny Rubaduka 11
Asts: Sano 7
Pts: Mansogo 13
Rebs: Eyambe 7
Asts: Angono 3

18:00
Mali   88–54   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 12-21, 26-5, 27-17
Pts: Sissoko 22
Rebs: Sissoko 20
Asts: Keita 6
Pts: Ishau 12
Rebs: Ibrahim 7
Asts: Banire 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

3 August 2015
12:00
[ Report]
Rwanda   44–66   Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 9-20, 10-11, 9-17, 16-18
Pts: Rubaduka 21
Rebs: Kisa
Asts: Sano 22
Pts: Sahbi 16
Rebs: Cheblaoui 9
Asts: Oulahcene 5
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Abdoul Kader (NGR), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV)

16:00
Nigeria   46–107   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 8-28, 11-30, 17-26, 10-23
Pts: Ibrahim 13
Rebs: Nwigwe 7
Asts: Ajadi 2
Pts: Khalaf 22
Rebs: Mostafa 11
Asts: Mostafa 4

18:00
[ Report]
Equatorial Guinea   29–89   Mali
Scoring by quarter: 4-28, 6-27, 14-22, 5-12
Pts: Angono 8
Rebs: Esono 12
Asts: Angono 3
Pts: Doumbia 13
Rebs: Diawara 10
Asts: Djire 6
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG)

4 August 2015
12:00
Nigeria   72–68   Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13-10, 15-22, 22-23, 22-13
Pts: Ajadi 25
Rebs: Nwigwe 11
Asts: Banire 6
Pts: Nshizirungu 16
Rebs: Kisa 13
Asts: Niyonshuti 6
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

14:00
Equatorial Guinea   48–90   Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 4-28, 8-21, 15-18, 21-23
Pts: Angono 13
Rebs: Bile 7
Asts: five players 1
Pts: Braik, Houari 24
Rebs: Braik 12
Asts: Belaouel 5

18:00
Mali   77–75   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 15-21, 23-21, 18-9, 21-24
Pts: Haidara 20
Rebs: Coulibaly 10
Asts: Keita 5
Pts: Raafat 17
Rebs: Khalaf 13
Asts: Youssef 6
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV)

Group B edit

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Angola 4 4 0 293 232 +61 8
  South Africa 4 2 2 243 243 0 7
  Tunisia 4 2 2 268 228 +40 6
  Morocco 4 1 3 180 242 -62 5
  Ethiopia 4 1 3 187 243 -56 4
30 July 2015
12:00
Morocco   52–58   Ethiopia
Scoring by quarter: 13-12, 14-12, 9-20, 22-8
Pts: Mankour 20
Rebs: Laghouizi 13
Asts: Al Uariachi, Marroun 2
Pts: Tafere 22
Rebs: Nyach, Tut 8
Asts: Gezahegn 8
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Didier Gaga (RWA)

16:00
South Africa   46–54   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 15-10, 11-8, 12-18, 8-18
Pts: Meela 12
Rebs: Geldenhuys 12
Asts: five players 1
Pts: Artur 13
Rebs: Glofate 10
Asts: Hélder, Edvaldo 2

31 July 2015
12:00
Tunisia   49–54   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 13-20, 15-10, 12-11, 9-13
Pts: Sohail 14
Rebs: Sohail, Ben Salah 10
Asts: four players 2
Pts: Meela, Geldenhuys 13
Rebs: Westermeyer 10
Asts: three players 2

14:00
Angola   79–61   Ethiopia
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 10-9, 20-22, 26-19
Pts: Glofate 18
Rebs: Glofate 13
Asts: Dideltino 4
Pts: Tafere 24
Rebs: Alemu 11
Asts: Tafere, Robi 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Wael Mostafa (EGY)

1 August 2015
10:00
Ethiopia   53–81   Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 8-20, 9-18, 19-24, 17-19
Pts: Tafere 16
Rebs: Tut 7
Asts: Berhe 3
Pts: Marnaoui 16
Rebs: Ben Salah 8
Asts: Sohail, Khallala 3

16:00
Angola   81–53   Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 29-8, 22-13, 13-11, 17-21
Pts: Hélder 15
Rebs: Glofate 15
Asts: Dideltino 3
Pts: Mankour 23
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: El Kalma 3

3 August 2015
14:00
Morocco   40–61   Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 12-16, 10-19, 8-12
Pts: El Kalma 13
Rebs: Kouraichi 7
Asts: Akouass 1
Pts: Jammali 13
Rebs: Ben Salah 13
Asts: four players 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Didier Gaga (RWA)

21:00
South Africa   vs.   Ethiopia
Scoring by quarter: 13-20, 10-20, -, -
Pts: Meela 25
Rebs: Westermeyer 11
Asts: Meela 3
Pts: Tafere 22
Rebs: Tut 13
Asts: Gezahegn 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Youssouf Maiga (MLI)

4 August 2015
16:00
Morocco   68–73   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 13-12, 27-21, 13-20
Pts: Al Uariachi 20
Rebs: Mankour 6
Asts: El Kalma 5
Pts: Ter Mors 19
Rebs: Westermeyer 10
Asts: Ntshele 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Abdoul Kader (NGR), Fethi Chaib (ALG)

20:00
Angola   84–69   Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 22-13, 28-14, 16-25
Pts: Glofate 30
Rebs: Glofate, Benedito 8
Asts: Dideltino 4
Pts: Sohail 23
Rebs: Sohail 10
Asts: Amiri 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Wael Mostafa (EGY)

Knockout stage edit

All matches were played in: Palais des Sports à l’ACI 2000, Bamako
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 August 2015
 
 
  Nigeria48
 
7 August 2015
 
  Angola79
 
  Angola51
 
6 August 2015
 
  Egypt74
 
  Tunisia85
 
August 2015
 
  Egypt93
 
  Mali63
 
6 August 2015
 
  Egypt64
 
  Algeria62
 
7 August 2015
 
  South Africa41
 
  Mali65
 
6 August 2015
 
  Algeria39 Third place
 
  Morocco34
 
August 2015
 
  Mali76
 
  Algeria45
 
 
  Angola37
 
5th place bracket
 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
7 August 2015
 
 
  Morocco60
 
August 2015
 
  South Africa49
 
  Morocco53
 
7 August 2015
 
  Nigeria65
 
  Nigeria56
 
 
  Tunisia49
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 2015
 
 
  South Africa67
 
 
  Tunisia76

Classification 9-11 edit

6 August 2015
10:00
Equatorial Guinea   58–53   Ethiopia
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 13-7, 10-15, 22-17
Pts: Mansogo 16
Rebs: Esono 20
Asts: Mansogo 3
Pts: Gebregiorgies 14
Rebs: Tut, Alemu 14
Asts: Tut, Haile 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG), Hussaini Gumel (NGR)

Quarterfinals edit

6 August 2015
12:00
[ Report]
Nigeria   48–79   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 8-19, 12-18, 15-25, 13-17
Pts: Ajadi, Banire 7
Rebs: Nwigwe 15
Asts: Ishau 4
Pts: Hélder 15
Rebs: Rifen 10
Asts: Délcio, Selton 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Alioune Fall (SEN), Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

14:00
Tunisia   85–93   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 17-22, 20-27, 23-26
Pts: Sohail 25
Rebs: Sohail 7
Asts: Amiri 3
Pts: Ramadan 16
Rebs: Mostafa 10
Asts: Youssef 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Abdoul Kader (NGR), Fethi Chaib (ALG)

16:00
Algeria   62–41   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 17-14, 16-6, 15-13, 14-8
Pts: Braik 22
Rebs: Taleb 7
Asts: Oulahcene 4
Pts: Meela, Beukes 8
Rebs: Geldenhuys 6
Asts: Ter Mors 2

18:00
Morocco   34–76   Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7-24, 11-14, 9-20, 7-18
Pts: Mankour 10
Rebs: Mankour 13
Asts: Al Uariachi 3
Pts: Coulibaly 16
Rebs: Diawara 10
Asts: Diallo 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG)

Classification 5–8 edit

7 August 2015
12:00
Morocco   60–49   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 12-13, 13-14, 18-14, 17-8
Pts: Al Uariachi 29
Rebs: Al Uariachi, Froud 6
Asts: El Kalma, Eddine 3
Pts: Ntshele 14
Rebs: Ntshele, Geldenhuys 6
Asts: Geldenhuys, Meela 2
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Didier Gaga (RWA)

14:00
Nigeria   56–49   Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 10-14, 13-15, 17-8
Pts: Ajadi 16
Rebs: Nwigwe 10
Asts: Ajadi 5
Pts: Jammali 10
Rebs: Sohail 10
Asts: Amiri 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

Semifinals edit

7 August 2015
16:00
Angola   51–74   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 13-26, 19-16, 4-12
Pts: Rifen 19
Rebs: Glofate 10
Asts: Artur, Délcio 3
Pts: Khalaf, Raafat 17
Rebs: Khalaf 17
Asts: Raafat 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Alioune Fall (SEN)
August
18:00
Mali   65–39   Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 26-3, 15-13, 17-13, 7-10
Pts: Coulibaly 11
Rebs: Coulibaly 11
Asts: Haidara 4
Pts: Braik 9
Rebs: Braik 5
Asts: Oulahcene 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Djeri Nourou (TOG), Abdoul Kader (NGR), Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR)

Ninth place game edit

7 August 2015
10:00
Rwanda   73–56   Equatorial Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 20-7, 12-15, 10-13, 31-21
Pts: three players 15
Rebs: Nshizirungu 13
Asts: Niyonshuti 5
Pts: Esono 18
Rebs: Esono 12
Asts: Ntutumu 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Hussaini Gumel (NGR)

Seventh place game edit

8 August 2015
10:00
South Africa   67–76   Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 13-24, 17-14, 13-24, 24-14
Pts: Meela 21
Rebs: Meela 8
Asts: four players 2
Pts: Jammali, Marnaoui 22
Rebs: Sohail 21
Asts: Berrached 4
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Chaouki Massaoudi (MAR), Osvaldo Fernandes (ANG)

Fifth place game edit

8 August 2015
12:00
Morocco   53–65   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 10-13, 9-13, 18-21, 16-18
Pts: Al Uariachi 20
Rebs: Laghouizi, Eddine 7
Asts: Al Uariachi 3
Pts: Oriakhi 18
Rebs: Nwigwe 13
Asts: three players 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Wael Mostafa (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Zophila Mthembu (RSA)

Bronze medal game edit

8 August 2015
14:00
Algeria   45–37   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 16-5, 10-15, 8-11, 11-6
Pts: Braik 19
Rebs: Taleb 8
Asts: Cheblaoui 3
Pts: Rifen 15
Rebs: Glofate 16
Asts: Selton 3
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Djeri Nourou (TOG), Abdoul Kader (NGR)

Gold medal game edit

August
16:00
Mali   63–64   Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 6-12, 13-11, 15-15, 29-26
Pts: Sissoko 16
Rebs: Sissoko 16
Asts: Sissoko, Maiga 2
Pts: Khalaf 16
Rebs: Khalaf 16
Asts: Youssef 6
Palais des Sports, Bamako
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Aboulaye Kamagate (CIV), Alioune Fall (SEN)

Final standings edit

Qualified for the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship

Awards edit

 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship winner 
 
Egypt
Third title
Most Valuable Player
  Ahmed Khalaf

All-Tournament Team edit

Statistical Leaders edit

[3]

Individual Tournament Highs edit

Individual Game Highs edit

Department Name Total Opponent
Points   Glofate Buiamba 30   Tunisia
Rebounds   Tarek Sohail 21   South Africa
Assists   Omar Karkoura
  Gasana Sano
7   Equatorial Guinea
Steals   Mostafa Braik 9   Equatorial Guinea
Blocks   Reat Tut 7   Equatorial Guinea
2-point field goal percentage   Emile Kazeneza 88.9% (8/9)   Equatorial Guinea
3-point field goal percentage   Glofate Buiamba 100% (3/3)   Tunisia
Free throw percentage   Owen Oriakhi 100% (8/8)   Equatorial Guinea
Turnovers   Vicente Angono
  Gasana Sano
18   Rwanda
  Egypt

Team Tournament Highs edit

Team Game highs edit

Department Name Total Opponent
Points   Egypt 145   Equatorial Guinea
Rebounds   Egypt 83   Equatorial Guinea
Assists   Egypt 27   Equatorial Guinea
Steals   Algeria 30   Equatorial Guinea
Blocks   Ethiopia 15   Equatorial Guinea
2-point field goal percentage   Egypt 71.2% (57/80)   Equatorial Guinea
3-point field goal percentage   Rwanda 72.7% (8/11)   Equatorial Guinea
Free throw percentage   Tunisia 66.7% (22/33)   Egypt
Turnovers   Equatorial Guinea
  Ethiopia
41   Algeria
  Equatorial Guinea

See also edit

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FINALE : L'Egypte sacré champion pour la troisième fois troisième de son histoire" (in French). FIBAAfrica.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2015.
  2. ^ "Teams". FIBA.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics". FIBA.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2015.